Coraline

Time Out says

4 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5 stars

Time Out says

4 out of 5 stars

Maintaining the gothic quirks of his debut, ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, but adding a welcome layer of queasy childhood angst, Henry Selick’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s bestseller is an original, entrancing, occasionally worrying fairy tale. When inquisitive pre-teen Coraline discovers a secret door in her family home, she stumbles into a universe of apparent perfection – and underlying danger.

The film’s biggest draw has to be its intricate visuals, particularly in 3D. Selick plays with expectations superbly, presenting a drab, grey-hued world which slowly transforms into a dazzling phantasmagoria of talking cats, flying trapezes and a uniquely terrifying villain. This dark edge will be the biggest test of the film as a commercial prospect: it may be too terrifying for the target audience. But for braver kids – and parents – this is a thrilling, even challenging ride.

This movie was on as part of the Kids Club at Vue so I thought it would be safe for the kids to watch, but it wasn't. The content, dark themes and imagery of the movie can be compared to that of horror movie. This movie should be a 12A and is not one for kids.

Almost all of the negative reviews in the comments are from obviously unintelligent people, but this one takes the cake: "For all you saying this is the best film ever, you obv haven't seen Twilight! "
LMAO
(the film is amazing, btw. see it.)

NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! It was that bad i fell asleep!! I totally agree with other people that this film sholud really be a 12A. I took my 5 year old who was quite frightened by some of the scenes. My 9 year old wasn't too impressed either and also found some scenes made her jump and hide behind her hands. PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN _ I would advise you not to take your small children to see this. Overall it was a huge disappointment

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Coraline is the best film ever.
You would want to watch it with mii Pecan pie.
You would enjoy it in 3D.
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Well, what can I say? Coraline is a magnificent film, which I thoroughly enjoyed. This goose-bumping PG, thrilled my daughter, Naomi and I. With a heart-racing storyline, Coraline is the film to see. My daughter is 12 years of age and her exact words after the film were â€˜Wow mummy! I want to see it again!â€™ I couldnâ€™t disagree at all. What a marvellous way to spend 100 minutes of my life, watching an extremely well scripted and action packed film. We saw it in 2D; however it was just as affective. The tension is exhilarating and even jumpy at occasions. You really do create a personal bond with each and every character throughout the film. The look on my daughters face at certain moments throughout the film, were as if sheâ€™d seen a ghost. We were both completely into the film and the atmosphere around us was fabulous. Everyone in our screen seemed interested in the film. I would happily sit through this film again... and again! I think I will be the first to buy Coraline on DVD. Pure FANTASTIC entertainment- for all ages! Fabulous! ---- STOP READING THIS NOW AND GO AND SEE THE FILM! YOU WONT REGRET IT!

I went to see this film today with my son and his two cousins (ages 5, 7, 11) they loved it, they thought it was very funny and thought the story was great, they haven't stopped talking about it. However we (the adults) thought it was very slow, boring and extremly creepy but as it wasn't for us we can't complain as the kids had a great time. SO GREAT 4 KIDS AND ADULTS BE WARNED :D

Coraline is a somewhat bratty girl who's mad at her parents because they're too busy with deadline projects to deal with her. Her dream-life excursions into a "better" world are beautiful, sweet, and entertaining -- but soon turn sour. The visual appeal of the scenes is amazing. As the film turns scarier and scarier, Coraline just reacts to danger, and rarely plans an effective escape. It would be typical of a pre-teen girl, but doesn't do much for her character's development. The happy ending seems rushed but realistic. There's an echo of the previous evil in the last scene.